Container for frozen confections



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CLINTON o. LUND, or YA KTON, s oUTH DAKOTA.

CONTAINER FOR. FROZEN CONFECTIONS.

Application filed :ti [eren 6, 1922. Serial No. 541504.

To all whom zi?? may con/cem: v Be it known that I, CLiNToN O. LUND, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Yankton, -in the county of Yankton and State of South Dakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Containers for Frozen C'onfections, of which the following is a specification. i

In the packing and` refrigeration of con fection pieces comprising frozen masses, as

chocolate coated ice Cream' bars, much difficulty has been experienced, the' common practice being to pack the p-ieces in the famili'ai' cylindrcal ice cream can within anice-com taining tub. This practice obviously suffers from the fact that only those pieces of the confect-ion lying adjacent the'wall of the can have direct refrigeration, and inasmuch as the peces are individually wrapped, those which are isolated from the wall of the can are not kept suiiciently cold; fur

My present invention, therefore, has for.

its primary object the production of an improved refrigerating container for frozen confection peces, embodying certain novel features of\ Construction and arrangement of portion of the surfaces of ,such pieces are directly exposed to the refrigerating medium.

A further object of the invention is the roduction of a refrigerating `container for rozen confection pieces so constructed that a minimum sized container contains a maximunt number' of such pieces and wher-ein the major portion/of the surfaces of the pieces have direct rfrigeration. y 40 Still another object of the invention is the production of a refrigerating container forfroze'n confection pieces so constructed that one or more of the ieces may be re-` moved without exposing t e entire contents to the external temperature.

`Furthe'nore, the nvention has 'for an ob- 'jject the production of a device'having the above recited characterstcs which is thoroughly eflicient in use, yet comparatively in- :in ex ensive in manufacture he' above andother obgents and advantages I successfully attain in the embodiments herein'after described, de'fined in' the appendd claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings which form a part of this applicationand in which like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views, of which,--

Fig. 4 is a plan of a modified form of a series of individual containers.

Beferring, now, to the illustrations, I empl'oy the usual outer casing or tub, 5, for the refrigerating-medium' and in' which, is packed a series of individual upright containers arranged in a hollow formation and each isolated from the others and from the tub, Whereby all the surfaces of the individual containers have direct contact with refrigerating-medium.

The individual containers may be of any suitable shape, form and size. In 'the embodiment presented in Fig. l these individual containers, represented at 6, are square or rectangular in cross section, and provided with removable cover-s, 7./ The said containers, 6, are arranged in a circular series within the tub, 5, and in spaced 'elation to the wall thereof. The said containers are held against ,relative displacement and in uniform spaced relation by suitable pervious connectin members, preferably comprising upright s eet metal strips, 8, the side edge v portions of which are sutably Secured, as at 9, to adjacent containers, the intermediate portion of such strips being perforazted, as at 10, which afl'ords' circulation of the refrigerating-medium around every container and between the interier and exterior of the series.

The containers, 6, are particularly intended and designed for the reception of fiatsidedice Cream bars and of such cross sectional area that two ides of each bar wilt be in direct contact with the wall of the container, yet it will be understand, as previously stated, that the specific shape and size is arbitrary and within the choice of the man utacturer.

The bottoms of the container's, (3, are provided with feet, 13, or other suitable down- Wardly-projecting members, which rest upon the bottom of ,the tub, 5, to support the series of containers in spaced relation to the bottom of the tub to permit free circulaton of the refrigerating-medium therebelow.

In the modification presented in Fig. 4 the hollow series of individual contain'ers is composed of cylindrical cans, 11, the series being arranged in circular formaton and the containers, 11, bein held in mutually spaced relation by spacng strips, 12, suitabl Secured to the respective containers.

n the familiar five-gallon ice Cream can paclred in the usual tub, approximately 563 square inches of external surface of the can have direct contact with the refrigeratingmedium, while in my improved container of thesame volume approxmately 1850 square inches of external surface are exposed to and in direct contact with the refrigeratingmedium. When confection bars of the same size as my improved device is particularly intended for are packed in the familiar ice cream can, approximately only 65% of the bars have direct refrigeration and of this 65% approximately only 25% of the sur- 'faces of these bars have direct contact With the wall of the container, the remaining 35% of the bars having no direct refrigeration whatever, While in my improved container approximately 50% of the surfaces of all the bars have direct contact with the walls of the container, and all'of the walls of the indivdual containers are directly in contact With the refrigerating-medium.

While I have illustrated and described but two embodiments of the invention, I

would not be understood as being limited to such specfic structures, for .various alterations and modifications may be made in the iny hand this tth details of Construction and arrangement of parts herein disclosed Without departng mesme from the spirit and scopo' of the invention, as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of 'the United States, is:

1. A refrigerating container embodying an outer casing for a refrgerating element, and a series of separate containers therein each isolated from the others and 'the outer casing and members connecting each container with the adjacent contaner to hold the container in fixed but spaced relation.

2. A ref'rigerating container embodying 'an enter easing for a refrigerating element, a series of separate upright containers arranged therein in a hollow formation, and strips interconnecting each contaner With the adjacent containers to hold 'theni in spaced relation.

3. A refrigerating container embodying an outer casing' for a re'frigeratng element, a series of separate upright eontainers arranged therein in a hollow. formaton, and uprght pervious strips interconnecting each container With the adjacent containers to hold them in spaced relation and permit circulation of the refrigerating element theretermediate portions perforated and disposed between the contain'ers, Where the containers are held in spaced relaton and the refugerating element has free circulation through the strips.

5. A refrigerating container including a circular series of separate upright containers, rectangular in cross-section, and upright perforate strips having their side portions Secured to adjaeent containers, wherehy the containers are each spaced 'from and fixed With respect to each other.

In tstimony whereof, I have hereunto set da of March 1922 chIN'roN LUND. 

